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The University of Utah's Independent Student Voice

The Daily Utah Chronicle

The University of Utah's Independent Student Voice

The Daily Utah Chronicle

Politics

An emotional President Pershing speaks at a sexual assault protest in the MEB parking lot on Friday, Nov 4, 2016.

Presidential Search Committee Announces Public Hearings

By Abrielle Fulwider August 30, 2017

Four months after University of Utah President David Pershing’s initial announcement that he would step down, the Presidential Search Committee has released an update on their search for his replacement. On...

2015 Hinckley Journal, Friday, April 8th, 2016, Peter Creveling Daily Utah Chronicle

Hinckley Institute Gives Students a Voice in Politics

By Jacqueline Mumford, Managing Editor August 17, 2017

Utah has the youngest population in the United States, but its voting rates — among both youth and others — are low. Roughly 60 percent of voting-aged people in Utah didn’t cast their ballot this...

The crowd shouts during the Solidarity Rally against racism at Washington Square Park in Salt Lake City, Utah on Monday, Aug. 14, 2017. (Rishi Deka | Daily Utah Chronicle)

U Students Attend, Speak at Rally in Response to Racist Posters, Charlottesville Violence

By Emily Anderson August 15, 2017

Upwards of 1,000 people gathered at the Salt Lake City and County Building on Monday to oppose a white nationalist rally that resulted in violence in Charlottesville, Virginia, and racist flyers posted...

This flyer from Vanguard America was posted in multiple places on the University of Utah campus. James Fields, accused of driving into a crowd of people, marched wearing Vanguard America apparel on August 12. The group denies Fieldss membership and says shirts were handed out to all those in attendance.

Racist Posters Found on U Campus

By Emily Anderson August 12, 2017

Racist posters were found taped around the University of Utah last week. The flyers were reportedly found in and around the George S. Eccles Student Life Center, as well as outside the J. Willard Marriott...

U Students and Faculty Voice Concerns Over $10 Million Koch Foundation Donation

U Students and Faculty Voice Concerns Over $10 Million Koch Foundation Donation

By Emily Anderson August 7, 2017

The University of Utah will debut the Marriner S. Eccles Institute for Economics and Quantitative Analysis this fall, but some students and faculty are concerned that one of the donations funding the endeavor...

The Hunstman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 5/14/17.

In the Aftermath of the Huntsman Cancer Institute Debacle, It’s Clear Money Talks at the U

By Connor Richards May 22, 2017

For weeks now, the University of Utah has been in a whirlwind of unrest, confusion and controversy. In late April, U students, faculty and the greater Salt Lake City community were caught off guard by...

Sandra Cisneros at Glendale-Mountain View Community Learning  Center meeting with Mountain View duel-immersion fifth graders. 
Photo - Tanner Humanities Center

Cisneros Describes the “Power of Art” to Dual Immersion Fifth Graders

By Connor Richards May 6, 2017

Growing up the only daughter in a family of six boys on Chicago’s West Side, Sandra Cisneros describes her childhood as being defined by loneliness. Instead of responding to this loneliness with a downward...

A Governor Herbert mannequin in front of the Governors Mansion in Salt Lake City, Utah on Saturday, Apr. 29, 2017. (Rishi Deka, Daily Utah Chronicle)

U Student Groups Participate in Utah People’s Climate March

By Rishi Deka May 4, 2017

Several student groups from the University of Utah took part in the Utah People's Climate March in Salt Lake City on Saturday. Organizations such as Fossil Fuel Divestment at the U, University Water Warriors...

Conrad Anker geared up and climbing out near the teams highest portaledge camp at over 20,000ft.

Students, Sustainability and Activism: Conrad Anker’s Perspective

By Connor Richards April 20, 2017

Before he was a world-renowned mountain climber, Conrad Anker was an undergraduate at the University of Utah. A California native, Anker was attracted to Utah by the variety of outdoor activities that...

March for Science and How Research at the U is Affected by Trumps Proposed Budget Cuts

March for Science and How Research at the U is Affected by Trump’s Proposed Budget Cuts

By Emily Anderson April 17, 2017

Utah Senators Orrin Hatch and Mike Lee are among the nearly half of United States senators who have denied that the earth’s climate is changing as a result of human activity — a phenomenon that 97...